Factors that affect environmental protection and, consequently, us and our satisfaction are different, and we attribute them different levels of importance. In the last decades, numerous environmental problems have been highlighted by the media, public institutions and individuals, which has affected the spread of environmental policies and related topics. In this paper, we presented the current situation in terms of environmental protection in the municipality of Logatec. In the last few years, two environmental disasters befell the municipality: fire in the Kemis company in Vrhnika in 2017 and fire in the Fragmat company in Podskrajnik in 2019.
The aim of this paper is to study the role and importance of the municipality of Logatec in environmental care. For this purpose, we will first study the changes in the field of environmental protection introduced by the municipality in the last ten years and examine the level of resident satisfaction with individual environmental factors. The goals of the paper are to study the role and importance of the municipality of Logatec in ensuring conditions for a healthy lifestyle in the municipality, determine the effect of environmental factors on resident satisfaction with their living environment in the municipality and provide suggestions to the local community of Logatec for improvement in the studied field of work.
We conducted an analysis of secondary sources, using the compilation and online survey methods. We determined that residents of the municipality of Logatec are mostly satisfied with their living environment and that they clearly express their opinion regarding measures ignored or not stressed enough by the municipality.
We determined that the residents are satisfied with potable water quality, public utilities, the level of noise and sustainable mobility. They are, however, partly satisfied with air quality and forest conservation. By studying the results of the survey, we can identify the measures the residents in the municipality are satisfied with and those that can still be improved.
The results show that most residents are not aware of environmental measures adopted by the local administration. We determined that most residents are generally satisfied with their life in the municipality of Logatec. Stemming from that, we can assert that the study presents a practical as well as a social and environmental contribution, as it demonstrates environmental measures adopted in the municipality in practice, while at the same time highlighting the impact of environmental processes and changes introduced by the municipality on resident satisfaction.
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